Serves 8 (Three ounces each)
 
Ingredients:

• 2 cups white bread crumbs
• 1/3 cup of milk
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 red or green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 cup frozen corn, cooked and drained
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon chile powder (ground red chile has no salt added)
• 1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Soften bread crumbs in milk. Add onion, bell pepper, corn, egg, chile powder and bread crumb mixture to ground beef and mix well. Press into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake 75 to 80 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Pour off any excess fat before slicing. Note: For lower potassium, reduce or omit chile powder, bell pepper and corn.

Nutrient Analysis: Calories: 291; Phosphorus:163 mg; Fat: 18 gm; Potassium:358 mg; Protein:18 gm; Sodium: 142 mg
 
Renal and Renal Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 1 Starch, 1 Fat, 1 Vegetable
 
This recipe originally appeared in Southwest Cookbook for People on Dialysis, a project by the El Paso Chapter Council on Renal Nutrition and the National Kidney Foundation of Texas, Inc. Funded by an educational grant from Amgen Inc. This cookbook is available in English and Spanish.

This article originally appeared in the July 2008 issue of AAKP Diet Tips & Bits.